Stock-car.



No. 772,974. PATENTED 007.25.1904,

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l APPLICATION lI-LED 001224, 1902.

NO MODEL.

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APPLICATION FILED 00T. 24. 1902.

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@Hof/nua Patented October 25, 1904.

UNITED STATEsjPATENT OFFICE.

ARNOLD STUOKI, OF ALLEGHEN Y, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGN OR TO PRESSED STEEL OAR COMPANY, OE PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORA- TIONUOE NEW JERSEY.

STOCK-GAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 772,974,1:1ated October 25, 1904.

'Application' inea october 24', 1902.

T0 all whom it may con/cern:

Be it' known that I, ARNOLD STUCKL a citizen-of the United States, residing at Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Stock-Cars, (Oase A,) of

:which the following is a full, clear, and exact description..

This invention has for its object to provide a stock-car with a .so-called steel underframe and to use metal in the construction of its sides in such way that the sides become, in effect, a truss, whereby the load strains and shocks are efiiciently resisted.

In carrying out my invention I may use a steel underframe of any desired construction and composed o f pressed shapes or structural shapes and combined with a body structure having metal side plates which are connected with the side sills by diagonals arranged as tension membersor, if desired, as compression members.

The invention comprises not only the foregoing eonstruction, but certain details, all as hereinafter more particularly set forth and finally claimed. In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, in the several figures of which like parts are -similarly designated, Figure 1 is a central vertical longitudinal section showing at the right-hand end also'a partial elevation of the near side. Fig. 2 is a top plan view, the upper left-hand end being a section in a plane above the Hoor-stringere, the lower left-hand portion being in a horizontal plane of the top of the sidesills, center sills, and the transoms, the' upper right-hand portion showing the floor at and Vadjacent to the door and the lower right-hand portion showing the roof-planks, purlins, and carlines. Fig. 3 is an end elevation on` the right-hand side and a vertical section on the left-hand side, the section being' substantially in the plane of the door. Fig. riis a cross-section of the under- .frame, taken substantially in the plane of line A B, Fig. 2.

While it is tolbe understood that the invention is not limited to the use of any particular Serial No. 128,641. (No model.)

to shape-unless otherwise speciiically men? tioned. v l

The underframe has side sills 1 of channel form and of uniform width throughout, while the center sills 2 are of the well-known bellied and iianged construction. The end sills 3 are as usual and connected with the side sills and center sills. The bolsters are composed of pairs of flanged diaphragms 4C, arranged between the side sills and the center sills, and

similar flanged diaphragms 5, arranged between the center sills, a top cover-plate 6, and

a bottom cover-plate 7, the cover-plates being riveted to the anges of the diaphragms. The ends of the bolsters between the diaphragms 4 may be reinforced by diaphragms or plates 8,' riveted to the said diaphragme and to the side sills. At intervalsthroughout the length of the car there are diaphragme 9 between the side sills and center sills and diaphragms 10 between the center sills, constructed with fianges all around and riveted in place and constituting transoms. The draft rigging portions 11 may be of any approved construction.

Instead of using a built-up bolster with center sills running continuously from end sill to end sill I may use continuous bolsters withindependentcentersills and draft-riggingsills, or any other well-known constructions of underframe may be substituted for that herein described, although for purposes presently appearing it will be seen that the underframe described isthe one possessing greatest advantages in connection with the present in# vention.

Whether the side sills be of pressed shapes or structural metal they constitute the lower chords or tension members of trusses whose upper chords or compression members are metal side plates 12, erected at the top of the sar, beneath the roof, and connected with the side sills by means ot' diagonal tension-straps 13 and vertical posts 14, 15, and 16, secured, preferably by riveting, to the said side sills and diaphragms and the side plates. The depth of each truss is the height of the side of the car.

Each center sill forms a girder of nearly uniform strength, While the side sills are not designed to serve as girders, but simply, as already stated, as the bottom chords of' deep trusses. The several cross diaphragms or transoms constitute connections between the center sills and the side sills, so as to make the center sills Work in harmony With the side trusses, and if the side trusses be stronger and stiffer than the center sills the various diaphragms will serve to transmit part of' the load from the center of' the car to the sides, and vice versa.

The corner-posts 14 are angles, as are the door-posts l5, while the intermediate posts 16 are Ts, and the door-posts and intermediate posts are extended to the underframe and riveted to the diaphragms 9, While the posts adjacent to the holsters are riveted to the diaphragms 8. By this construction the diaphragms form a rigid connection for the different posts, thus giving the car rigidity by holding the posts not only together, but also preventing them from letting the car get out of' square in cross-section. These posts not only reduce the bulkiness of' the ear, but they also render the car very stiff and prevent bulging out When stock or lading presses from inside. The posts may be rolled or pressed, and angles or other sections instead of' Ts may be used.

The diagonals 13 are formed as tension members in order to get the strength with very much less material than ifl they were used as compression members; but of course compression members could be substituted, and in that case it Would be better to use pressed shapes of greatest cross-section centrally, so as to prevent buckling when the load comes upon them.

The side plate 12, as shown more particularly in Fig. 3, is an angle rolled or pressed, with its flange extending outwardly to form a continuous support for the side purlin 17.

The carlines 18 are of pressed steel, by preference, of U shape in cross-section, as seen in Fig. 1,With pockets 19 to receive the purlins 20, and these carlines are provided with flanges 21, which are riveted to the side plates 12. The end plates 22 are also of pressed steel, and, as shown in Fig. 3, they are provided with pockets 23 to receive the ends of' the purlins. These purlins project beyond the end plates, so as to support the roof nearly to the end.

The doors 24 may be ofl any approved construction, as also may be other parts ol the car shown and not specifically described.

The ends of the car may be provided with vertical Tposts 25 and diagonals 26, both ol which may be riveted at opposite ends to the end plates and some portion of the underframe-vas, for example, the iiange 27, rising from the end sills, as indicated in Fig. 8.

As seen in Fig. 2, there are provided angle-reinforces 28, riveted to the side sills and door-posts, and the adjacent diaphragms are also provided with similar angle-reinforces 29, riveted to them and the side sills, so as to get additional strength near the center of the car, where it is needed most. The slats on the inside are preferably bolted to the posts by means of earriage-bolts- By the construction described a very still' underf'rame and also a very stili superstructure are provided, well adapted for stockcars, although the invention is not limited to its use in connection with stock-cars.

Instead of' the diagonals herein shown l may use rods, as set forth iu my concurrent case, or other forms may be substituted.

What Iclaim is- 1. A car, having side sills of uniform crosssection throughout, bellied center sills, lianged diaphragms connecting the side sills and center sills and riveted to both, and other diaphragms interposed between and riveted to the center sills, end sills also riveted to and connecting the side sills and center sills, the side sills serving as lower chords of trusses, side plates forming upper chords of trusses, T-bar vertical posts, and diagonals, said posts and diagonals riveted directly to the said top and bottom chords.

2. A ear, having` an underframe provided with side sills serving as the lower chords of trusses, diaphragms connecting the side sills transversely, side plates forming the upper chords of the trusses, vertical T-bar posts riveted to the side sills and diaphragms, and also riveted to the side plates, and diagonals interposed and riveted to the side sills and the side plates.

3. In combinatlon with the sides ol" a car, side plates having outwardly-turned llanges,

carlines having end flanges riveted to said side plates, end plates, and purlins mounted upon the flanges of the side plates and upon the carlines and end plates.

4. In combination with the side sills, doorposts and the central diaphragms, reinforcing angles riveted to the door-posts and diaphragms respectively and to the side sills.

In testimony whereof' I have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of August, A. l). 1902.

ARNOLD STUGKI.

lVitnesses:

A. F. SMELTZER, J. A. LANGFITT.

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lLIIJII III Louw., Idlent Non upon the application of Arnold Stucki, of Allegheny, Inent in -"Stock-Cars It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 772,974, granted October 25, 1904,

Pennsylvania, for an improvean error appears in the printed specification requiring correotion, as follows: In line 2, page 2, the Word sar7 Letters Patent should'be read with this-correction to the record of the ease in the Patent Olice.

Signed and sealed this 8th day of November, A. D., 1904.

[SEAL] l should read car; and that the said therein that the same may conform F. I. ALLEN, Commissioner of Patents.. 

